A survey of epidermal morphology in Ficus Linn. (Moraceae) of Nigeria

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Sonibare, Mubo A ^a,c   Jayeola, Adeniyi A ^b   Egunyomi, Adeyemi ^b   Murata, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epidermal characters; Ficus; Morphological survey; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS LYRATA; FICUS VALLIS-CHOUDAE;

EID: 24944432570     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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